Event recorder

ABSTRACT

This invention pertains to apparatus adapted to make an immediate record as by a photograph of a theoretical hit such as in hunting wild game. There is shown both a mechanical and an electrically actuated means for causing this theoretical hit to be exposed on the film of a camera which is carried by and actuated with the pulling of the trigger of the gun. The distance, trajectory and windage factors are reflected in this photographic record. The hunter using the gun fires a blank cartridge rather than a real cartridge so that this photographic record indicates what results this hunter would have achieved had a real bullet been fired.

United States Patent [191 Ganteaume Jan. 15, 1974 EVENT RECORDER PrimaryExaminer-John M. Horan [76] Inventor: Robert A. Ganteaume, 676 RutgersAtmmey Ralph Roberts PL, Paramus, NJ. 07652 [22] Filed: Sept. 5, 1972[57] ABSTRACT [21] Appl. No.: 286,023 This invention pertains toapparatus adapted to make an immediate record as by a photograph of atheoreti cal hit such as in hunting wild game. There is shown [52] US.Cl 95/12, 95ll2.5,3igflbl7, both a mechanical and an electricallyactuated means [51] Cl G03) 29/00 for causing this theoretical hit to beexposed on the 58] Fieid 12 5 1 film of a camera which is carried by andactuated with 6 the pulling of the trigger of the gun. The distance,trajectory and windage factors are reflected in this photographicrecord. The hunter using the gun fires a [56] References Cited blankcartridge rather than a real cartridge so that this UNITED STATESPATENTS photographic record indicates what results this hunter 3,688,6659/1972 Herden 95/12 would have achieved had a real bullet been fired.

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5 Claims, 10 Drawing Figures PATENTED JAN] 515W sum 10F 2 EVENT RECORDERBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention With reference tothe classification of art as established in the U.S. Patent Office thisinvention pertains to the general class entitled, Education" and inparticular to the subclass entitled, war. Other pertinent art is foundin the general class of Photography and in the subclasses of cameras incombination with sighting means and of cameras aerial. Other art ofinterest pertains to laser beam systems as found in the general class ofRadiant Energy and the subclass of light wave communication systems."

2. Description of the Prior Art The protection laws for endangeredspecies and the reluctance of many to kill game only for the sport hascaused many who thrill and appreciate the skill required for big gamehunting and the like to cease their hunting. This invention providesapparatus which may be mounted on a rifle or gun of the user and whichwill record the ability to the hunter to kill" his game without actuallykilling the game. Such hunting requires the skill and provides thethrill, exercise and preserverance of regular hunting. This hunting doesnot kill or, worse yet, wound game which many times cannot be found asproof of a kill.

Insofar as is known, there is no simple device which may be mounted on arifle and with a reflex camera and film therein record a theoreticalshot at an animal or the like. This record will in a first embodimentautomatically compute the distance, trajectory and windage and set thisresult for recording. The second embodiment shows a manual adjustmentfor the distance and windage. Patents of interest noted in a preliminarysearch included the hit indicator apparatus seen in U.S. Pat. No.3,083,474 to KNAPP as issued on Apr. 2, 1963. Other patents include U.S.Pat. No. 3,545,356 issued to NIELSEN on Dec. 8, 1970; U.S. Pat. No.2,943,547 issued to MARTIN on July 5, 1962 U.S. Pat. No. 3,062,l 14issued to PALOS on Nov. 6, 1962. A combined sighting mechanism and laserrange finder is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,464,770 as issued on Sept. 2,1969. In these and other patents many ways are shown by which a cameraand/or scope may be mounted on a rifle and the like, but in none ofthese are the various factors computed and integrated for an automaticrecord or are the results of necessary manual adjustment recorded. Theadjustments to be performed by the hunter are wind velocity and distance(gravitational effect on bullet). The manual apparatus in the presentinven- It is a further object of this invention to provide, and it doesprovide, an event recorder which is electronically actuated with thepulling of a trigger of a gun carrying said recorder, said recordindicating the results of windage, distance and trajectory factors toautomatically indicate the skill of the hunter without killing.

It is a further object of the invention to provide, and it does provide,an event recorder which uses mechanical means for changing a cross-hairpositioning to record on a film the hunters judgement of windage anddistance necessary to accomplish an accurate shot.

In the context of this invention an event recorder is a device formaking a record of an event, as by a photograph, upon which is made amark indicating a result or happening which may or may not have takenplace. The most obvious use appears to be in connection with bloodlesshunting while using a rifle. The apparatus to be hereinafter more fullydisclosed as electronic or mechanical embodiments of such a recorderdoes not render the rifle inoperative thereby enabling the user torecord an event, hunt conventionally and if desired to simultaneouslyrecord the event and to fire the rifle.

In the electronically actuated recorder a rifle scope is mounted on thebarrel of the rifle. Secured to the scope is a laser transmitter andreceiver, a modified reflex camera attached in way of the rear of thescope, a windage indicator and transducer. The rifle includes a triggerswitch and needed circuitry connected to a battery power supply topermit a signal to record the event as well as compensating for theseveral factors.

In the mechanical event recorder the rifle is provided with a riflescope and a modified reflex camera. Windage and elevation rings moveconnected cross-hairs to a desired position in front of the film so thatwhen the trigger is pulled the camera lever is actuated to take apicture as seen through the scope and at the same time the adjustedcross-hairs are defined on the picture.

In addition to the above summary the following disclosure is detailed toinsure adequacy and aid in understanding of the invention. Thisdisclosure, however, is not intended to prejudice that purpose of apatent which is to cover each new inventive concept therein no matterhow it may later be disguised by variations in form or additions offurther improvements. For this reason there has been chosen a specificembodiment of the event recorder as adopted for use with bloodlesshunting and the like and showing the recorder in both tion tests thejudgement of the hunter in determining distance, trajectory and windageby the adjustments he makes to the apparatus before the pulling of thetrigger. The event record indicates what would have occurred in anactual firing of a bullet.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION an electronic and a mechanical embodiment.These specific embodiments have been chosen for the purpose ofillustration and description as shown in the accompanying drawingwherein:

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 represents a side view of arifle with the event recorder apparatus of this invention carried uponthe barrel of the rifle and in the butt of the rifle, and with the eventbeing viewed through the eyepiece of a reflex camera attached to a scopecarried on the barrel of the rifle;

FIG. 2 represents in an enlarged view the event recorder of FIG. 1showing a partly diagrammatic representation of the arrangement andmounting of the apparatus;

FIG. 3 represents a schematic electronic diagram showing the circuitryfor recording the event of the apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 represents a rifle like that of FIG. 1 but with a mechanicallyactuated and adjusted event recorder as carried on the barrel of therifle;

FIG. 5 represents in an enlarged view and with a portion partly brokenaway, the event recorder of FIG. 4 as modified for use with a reflexcamera;

FIG. 6 represents an end view, partly fragmentary and diagrammatic andtaken substantially on the line 6-6 of FIG. 5 and looking in thedirection of the arrows;

FIG. 7 represents an isometric view of a cross-hair support and retaineras used to locate one function on the film of the camera;

FIG. 8 represents a diagrammatic end view showing an arrangement of thecross-hairs in which is shown an adjustment of the cross-hair forwindage prior to recording on a camera film;

FIG. 9 represents the cross-hair arrangement of FIG. 8 but with theother cross-hair moved to record the distance-trajectory adjustment, and

FIG. 10 represents a firing circuit in which a solenoid is actuated bythe trigger being pulled and causes the camera shutter to be actuated.

IN the following description and in the claims various details will beidentified by specific names for convenience. These specific names,however, are intended to be generic in their application. Correspondingreference characters refer to like members throughout the severalfigures of the drawings.

The drawings accompanying, and forming part of, this specificationdisclose certain details of construction for the purpose of explanationof the broader aspects of the invention, but it should be understoodthat structural details may be modified in various respects withoutdeparture from the concept and principles of the invention and that theinvention may be incorporated in other structural forms than shown.

DESCRIPTION OF THE ELECTRONIC RECORDER AS SEEN IN FIGS. 1- 3 Referringnow in particular to FIGS. 1-3 there is depicted a rifle having a barrel21 supported and retained by a stock 22 in the conventional manner.Trigger 24 carried by the gun when pulled to fire a cartridge or blank,also in this modified version, actuates a switch 26 which causes asolenoid to actuate the exposure mechanism of a reflex camera 30. Abattery and electronic circuit board 32 is preferably and removablylocated in the butt portion of the rifle stock. This storage areapreferably has an access opening and securing cover permitting theremoval and replacement of the battery which is a conventional dry celltype. As a part of this recorder apparatus there is provided a riflescope 34 which carries on it a laser transmitter 38 and a receiver 40. Awindage indicating device generally indicated as 44 is also carried onthe top of this scope. The rear end of scope 34 is connected to thereflex camera 30 in a light tight manner. This reflex camera 30 isarranged and connected to the scope so that the user of the gun as helooks through eyepiece 46 sees the view through the scope. This viewalso is directed to the shutter mechanism of the camera to behereinafter more fully described. The firing of the gun by pulling thetrigger actuates the recording of the event upon a film 47 in thecamera. The event being recorded on this film is the same as viewedthrough the eyepiece of the camera. In order to insure accuracy inrecording the event on the film the scope 34 and associated mechanism ofthe recorder is carried upon shock absorber mounts 48 and 49 attached tothe barrel. The scope and attached equipment which is mounted on thebarrel by these shock mounts are shielded from the jarring effectoccasioned by the firing of the gun.

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM OF FIG. 3

Referring next to the circuit diagram of FIG. 3 as applied to the deviceof FIGS. 1 and 2 there is a provided electronic circuit which isactivated by an on-off switch 50 which may be carried in the buttportion 22 of the rifle. The switch may be carried next to compartment32 carrying the circuit board or concealed in the shoulder cushionportion of the butt of the rifle. The position indicator in thisapparatus contemplates a vacuum box 52 having clear glass electronicallycharged front and back panels. In this box is a charged particle 53freely movable therein. Four electrically charged plates 55, 56, 57 and58 are arranged at 90 to each other and near the sides of the box 52.Variable resistors and 61 are adjusted to carry current to oppositelydisposed plates 55 and 56 to position particle 53 precisely at adetermined horizontal position in the box. Also in the positionindicator circuit is a variable capacitor 63, which is set to developcharge plates 57 and 58 and the trajectory curve of the bullettheoretically fired by the rifle. A windage device 44 carried on thescope includes a transducer which cooperates with the circuit includingthe two variable resistors 61 and 62 to effect the horizontal positionof particle 53 and compute the windage curve for the length of shotproduced by the rifle. In this circuit the rearward movement of thetrigger 24 causes the switch 26 to be closed. From battery 68 is fed apulse to laser transmitter 38 and to the shutter circuit 70 which isenergized for a picture to be taken or causes the shutter to be open inway of the film 47 when the laser beam is returned. Also at the sametime the laser receiver 40 is actuated to receive the reflected laserbeam.

USE AND OPERATION OF THE ELECTRONIC EVENT RECORDER Referring now inparticular to FIGS. 1-3 and in particular to the circuit diagram of FIG.3, the sequence of operational steps by the user of the event recorderas mounted on a rifle 20 is as follows: the power switch 50 is moved tothe on condition which causes the circuit to be connected to one side ofthe battery. The operator aims the rifle at the target through theeyepiece 46 of the camera and by means of the reflex design within thecamera sights upon the target. He visually and mentally computes theamount of compensation necesary for the elevation and windage for thisparticular shot and aims the rifle at the target. The operator or userthen squeezes the trigger closing switch 26, mono-stable multivibrator71 is kicked or passes a pulse of current setting flip-flop 72, thecamera shutter circuit 70 is energized. Transistor 74 conducts andamplifies the current charge or flow, and causing the vertical controlcapacitor 63 to start changing the charge on position indicator plate 58causes the indicating charge dot 53 to be moved vertically. When wind isa factor the indicator 44 is moved and causes transducer 65 to beactuated which will unbalance the control circuit flowing throughpreviously adjusted resistors 60 and 61 to plates 55 and 56 causing oneside of this circuit to discharge at a greater rate than the other. Thispro- I duces a horizontal movement of the position indicator particle53. The combination of the vertical and horizontal forces applied toposition indicator particle 53 will establish the final position of theparticle 53. When the laser beam sent by transmitter 38 returns to thereceiver 40 the signal will cause mono-stable multivibrator 76 to resetthe flip-flop 72 which will then turn off the transistor 74 permitting aslow charging of the capacitors and causing the position indicatorplates 55, 56, 57 and 58 to bring their charge to their normalcondition. At the same time that the laser signal was returned andreceived by receiver 40 the signal from the receiver caused the shuttercircuit 70 to be actuated and the camera shutter to open to take apicture with the position indicator particle 53 at its furthermost displacement. With the flip-flop 72 set to its initial condition thecircuit now changes to normally position the dot 53.

MECHANICAL EVENT RECORDER Referring now to the drawings and FIGS. 4-l0there is depicted in FIG. 4 the rifle having a barrel 21, stock 22 andtrigger 24 all of which coorespond to the rifle seen in FIG. 1. Thesolenoid actuating switch 26 is closed when trigger 24 is pulled in themanner as in FIG. 1. Mounted upon the barrel 21 of this gun 20 is arifle scope 34 which also is suspended by means of shock mounts 48 and49 in the manner of FIG. 1. At the rear end of this scope 34 there iscarried height and windage setting ring section 80 to which is attacheda reflex camera 82. This adjustment section 80 is better seen in FIGS. 5and 6 in which a windage setting ring 84 and adjacent height settingring 86 are rotatable retained on journals formed on ring section 80.These rings are rotated to give the windage setting and the heightsetting for this gun. These setting rings 84 and 86 are constructed soas to retain a cross-hair device such as seen in FIG. 7 wherein aninternal ring 90 has attached and extending therefrom an arm 92 to theend of which is attached a stiff, quite thin cross-hair 94. The otherend of this cross-hair is attached to a pivot or swivel ring 96 which isfastened to a retaining plate 98. This hair is positioned immediatelyahead of the film carried within the camera 82. The elevation ring 86,as depicted, includes an inner ring like ring 90 and an arm extendingtherefrom and like arm 92 has attached to it the horizontal cross-hair100. As seen in FIGS. 5 and 6 the height adjusting ring 86 moves one endof the cross-hair 100 up and down while the pivoted end 102 is fixed.The arm member carrying cross-hair 100 extends rearward from the ring 86to align its end and cross-hair 100 with plate 98. As ring 86 is rotatedby the hunter or user to correspond to the desired elevation it moves anindicator dot 108 in a radius which extent of movement is read on spacedinscribed lines 110 carried on the adjacent fixed circular base portionof section 80. The windage setting ring 84 has the arm 92 attachedthereto and cross-hair 94 is attached to the end and extends to pivot orswivel connector 96 which is fixed to plate 98. Cross-hairs 94 and 100lay in parallel planes and only a couple of thousandths of an inch fromeach other.

Still referring to FIGS. 4 through 10 it is to be noted that in the buttportion of the stock 22 is carried a battery 115 and a switch not shown.A switch 26 is carried behind trigger 24 and is closed when the gun isfired causing a circuit to be energized and actuated to move a solenoidplunger 118 as the trigger 24 is moved. Switch 26, when closed, causessolenoid 118 to mechanically pull the attached cord 120 to cause theshutter in the camera 82 to be opened to expose a frame of film.

USE AND OPERATION OF THE RECORDER OF FIG. 4

As in the event recorder of FIG. 1 the event recorder of FIG. 4 is anapparatus which is attached to a rifle or like gun for making a recordof the hunting event with the result of the event being a photographupon which the adjusted cross-hairs indicate the computed adjustment forthe firing of the gun and recording of the event which may or may nothave taken place. As with the event recorder of FIG. 1, the user surveysthe scene and after determining the range by a range finder and thelike, sets the distance or trajectory compensation by moving thehorizontal cross-hair 100 with a rotation of the ring 86. This willcause the cross-hair 100 to move downwardly or upwardly as the case maybe as seen in FIG. 9. At the same time the user evaluates and sets thewindage ring which in this particular case is ring 84 and by rotatingthis ring causes the cross-hair 94 to be moved transversely as forexample as seen in FIG. 8. The user then aims the rifle at the target byviewing the target through the eyepiece 42 and the connected scope 34and when the scope appears to the hunter to be sighted in upon thetarget, with the proper allowance for distance and windage that the userof the rifle determines should be made, he then squeezes the trigger.

The squeezing of the trigger 24 causes switch 26 to be closed andcurrent flowing through solenoid 118 draws the attached cord 120 towardthe solenoid and causes the camera shutter to momentarily open and takethe picture. As the film is exposed the cross-hairs 94 and 100 just infront of the film and shutter will place their intersection on the sceneat which the theoretical bullet trajectory adjusted for windage andelevation has been made.

As particularly seen in FIGS. 6, 7, 8 and 9 it is to be noted that themodification of this camera 82 will include the cross-hair supportadapter which is attached to the opening of thehousing of the camera sothat the two rings 84 and 86 will be concentrically mounted in holdingforms and the rotation of these rings will be indicated againstgraduations inscribed on the fixed housing. These graduations enablethese rings to be precisely set at portions above and below, or to theright and left of, a normal or central position. Carried by these ringsare arms such as 92 seen in FIG. 7 and to the end of this arm isattached a very fine but rigid cross-hair with these cross-hairsretained normally at to each other. One end of these cross-hairs isfixed to an arm and the other end is attached to a pivot member attachedto the body of the camera or a plate carried by the body. Thesecross-hairs are set just in front of the shutter of the camera or may beset immediately in front of the film of the camera but out of contactwith the reflex member. The scene carried through the scope 34 andviewed by the reflex eyepiece 42 is the scene photographed by thecamera. When the film in the camera is exposed the scene seen throughthe scope includes the positioned cross-hairs of the scope itself. Theresulting photo will show the sighting response of the scope itself asseen upon the film and the position of the cross-hairs also imposed uponthe same film. This photographic result may then be evaluated as to theaccuracy of the sighting and pulling of the trigger of the gun.

It is contemplated that in the bloodless hunting provided by the aboveevent recorder that a blank cartridge will be used. This blank cartridgewhen it is fired will cause certain vibrations or a jump to the gun asis normally experienced when firing a bullet of like caliber. Thisfiring in all respects will cause a jar to the shoulder and arequirement to hold the gun in a fixed condition, or allow for the jumpof the gun during the firing thereof. The game which is being huntedwill also be alerted by the firing of the blank cartridge and seek anescape so that if a further firing of the gun at the same game isdesired it will require a different positioning and likely arecalculating of the shot to be made.

Terms such as left, right, up, down, bottom, top, front, back, in, outand the like are applicable to the embodiments shown and described inconjunction with the drawing. These terms are merely for the purposes ofdescription and do not necessarily apply to the position in which theevent recorder may be constructed or used.

While a particular embodiment of the apparatus and alternate embodimenthave been shown and described it is to be understood the invention isnot limited thereto since modifications may be made within the scope ofthe accompanying claims and protection is sought to the broadest extentthe prior art allows.

What is claimed is:

1. A recording system superimposed on a camera carried by a gun, saidsystem adapted to predict the theoretical impact point of a hit such asis achieved in bloodless hunting, said system including: (a) a riflescope; (b) a reflex camera secured to the viewing end of the scope in alight-tight manner so that the image seen in the scope is also seen inthe view finder of the camera and when the camera shutter is actuatedthe image through the scope is also received and recorded on a film inthe camera; (c) indicator means for placing in the scope-projected imagean accurate indication of those operator compensations required inhunting, these compensations including windage, trajectory and distanceofa theoretically fired bullet; (d) an electronic circuit, which whenselectively connected to a battery source of power and the trigger ofthe gun is pulled au tomatically moves an indicating positioning memberin a vertical manner to establish a trajectory allowance and a distanceadjustment and by means of a windage indicator transducer which isactuated by a windengaged sail-like member moved transversely of theline of sight by the force of the wind, this transducer displacing saidpositioning member horizontally, whereby both vertical and horizontalmovements are at their maximum established condition as and when thefilm is exposed, and (e) means responsive to the pulling of a trigger ofthe gun to create a firing condition, said means opening the camerashutter to expose the film in the camera and on said film to record theview through the scope and at the same time to record on this same filmthe position of the indicator means responsive to the windage trajectoryand distance compensation adjustments made by the operator.

2. A recording system as in claim l in which the distance computation inthe electronic circuit includes a laser beam transmitter and receiver,each carried on the gun with said transmitter and receiver aligned withthe rifle scope, both the transmitter and the receiver actuated with thepulling of the trigger.

3. A recording system as in claim 2 in which the indicating positioningmember includes an electrostatic box in which a charged particle isfreely movable in a vacuum conditioned means established within saidrectangularly configured box having substantially transparent andelectrically charged front and rear walls, said box having four chargedplates carried within the box and near the sides, one of these at eachof the sides with these plates arranged at to each other; the circuitfor the distance and windage and in an adjusted balanced conditioncausing the charged particle to be suspended at a determined centralposition within said box and at the time of firing the flow to thecharged plates is unbalanced by a correction means so as to move theparticle from its central position an amount corresponding to thedistance and windage influence on a theoretically fired bullet.

4. A recording system as in claim 3 in which said circuit includes twomono-stable multivibrators, a flipflop and a transistor amplifier andwith the pulling of the trigger one mono-stable multivibrator releases asingle pulse to set the flip-flop and causing a vertical controlcapacitor to vertically position the indicating particle, and at thesame time the windage transducer is moved by the sail-like attachedmember to adjust the same indicating particle horizontally and at thepulling of the trigger a transmitted laser beam which is in coincidencewith the axis of the gun barrel is sent toward the target and afterstriking the target and returning to the laser receiver causes the othermonostable multivibrator to reset the flip-flop to normal condition,this received signal also actuates a camera trigger control circuit totake the picture.

5. A recording system superimposed on a camera carried by a gun, saidsystem adapted to predict the theoretical impact point of a hit such asis achieved in bloodless hunting, said system including: (a) a riflescope; (b) a reflex camera secured to the viewing end of the scope in alight-tight manner so that the image seen in the scope is also seen inthe view finder of the camera and when the camera shutter is actuatedthe image through the scope is also received and recorded on a film inthe camera; (0) indicator means for placing in the scope-projected imagean accurate indication of those operator compensations required inhunting, these compensations including windage, trajectory and distanceof a theoretically fired bullet; (d) a mechanical means for selectivelymoving a pair of stiff crosshairs normally arranged at substantiallyright angles to each other and disposed adjacent the film in the focalplane of the camera, the shifting of the hairs and point ofintersectioncorresponding to the desired compensation for windage and trajectory,this mechanical means including two rotatably mounted setting ringsarranged in a substantially parallel condition, each ring carrying asupport post to which is secured one end of a crosshair while the otherend of the cross-hair is attached to a swivel ring carried by a fixedsupport, the cross-hairs normally disposed at right angles to each otherand laying in parallel planes and adjacent each other and adjacent thefilm being exposed, and (e) means responsive to the pulling of a triggerof the gun to create a firing condition, said means opening the camerashutter to expose the film in the camera and on said film to record theview through the scope and at the same time to record on this same filmthe position of the indicator means responsive to the windage trajectoryand distance compensation adjustments made by the operator. =l

1. A recording system superimposed on a camera carried by a gun, saidsystem adapted to predict the theoretical impact point of a ''''hit''''such as is achieved in bloodless hunting, said system including: (a) arifle scope; (b) a reflex camera secured to the viewing end of the scopein a light-tight manner so that the image seen in the scope is also seenin the view finder of the camera and when the camera shutter is actuatedthe image through the scope is also received and recorded on a film inthe camera; (c) indicator means for placing in the scope-projected imagean accurate indication of those operator compensations required inhunting, these compensations including windage, trajectory and distanceof a theoretically fired bullet; (d) an electronic circuit, which whenselectively connected to a battery source of power and the trigger ofthe gun is pulled automatically moves an indicating positioning memberin a vertical manner to establish a trajectory allowance and a distanceadjustment and by means of a windage indicator transducer which isactuated by a wind-engaged sail-like member moved transversely of theline of sight by the force of the wind, this transducer displacing saidpositioning member horizontally, whereby both vertical and horizontalmovements are at their maximum established condition as and when thefilm is exposed, and (e) means responsive to the pulling of a trigger ofthe gun to create a firing condition, said means opening the camerashutter to expose the film in the camera and on said film to record theview through the scope and at the same time to record on this same filmthe position of the indicator means responsive to the windage trajectoryand distance compensation adjustments made by the operator.
 2. Arecording system as in claim 1 in which the distance computation in theelectronic circuit includes a laser beam transmitter and receiver, eachcarried on the gun with said transmitter and receiver aligned with therifle scope, both the transmitter and the receiver actuated with thepulling of the trigger.
 3. A recording system as in claim 2 in which theindicating positioning member includes an electrostatic box in which acharged particle is freely movable in a vacuum conditioned meansestablished within said rectangularly configured box havingsubstantially transparent and electrically charged front and rear walls,said box having four charged plates carried within the box and near thesides, one of these at each of the sides with these plates arranged at90* to each other; the circuit for the distance and windage and in anadjusted balanced condition causing the charged particle to be suspendedat a determined central position within said box and at the time offiring the flow to the charged plates is unbalanced by a correctionmeans so as to move the particle from its central position an amountcorresponding to the distance and windage influence on a theoreticallyfired bullet.
 4. A recording system as in claim 3 in which said circuitincludes two mono-stable multivibrators, a flip-flop and a transistoramplifier and with the pulling of the trigger one mono-stablemultivibrator releases a single pulse to set the flip-flop and causing avertical control capacitor to vertically position the indicatingparticle, and at the same time the windage transducer is moved by thesail-like attached member to adjust the same indicating particlehorizontally and at the pulling of the trigger a transmitted laser beamwhich is in coincidence with the axis of the gun barrel is sent towardthe target and after striking the target and returning to the laserreceiver causes the other mono-stable multivibrator to reset theflip-flop to normal condition, this received signal also actuates acamera trigger control circuit to take the picture.
 5. A recordingsystem superimposed on a camera carried by a gun, said system adapted topredict the theoretical impact point of a ''''hit'''' such as isachieved in bloodless hunting, said system including: (a) a rifle scope;(b) a reflex camera secured to the viewing end of the scope in alight-tight manner so that the image seen in the scope is also seen inthe view finder of the camera and when the camera shutter is actuatedthe image through the scope is also received and recorded on a film inthe camera; (c) indicator means for placing in the scope-projected imagean accurate indication of those operator compensations required inhunting, these compensations including windage, trajectory and distanceof a theoretically fired bullet; (d) a mechanical means for selectivelymoving a pair of stiff cross-hairs normally arranged at substantiallyright angles to each other and disposed adjacent the film in the focalplane of the camera, the shifting of the hairs and point of intersectioncorresponding to the desired compensation for windage and trajectory,this mechanical means including two rotatably mounted setting ringsarranged in a substantially parallel condition, each ring carrying asupport post to which is secured one end of a cross-hair while the otherend of the cross-hair is attached to a swivel ring carried by a fixedsupport, the cross-hairs normally disposed at right angles to each otherand laying in parallel planes and adjacent each other and adjacent thefilm being exposed, and (e) means responsive to the pulling of a triggerof the gun to create a firing condition, said means opening the camerashutter to expose the film in the camera and on said film to record theview through the scope and at the same time to record on this same filmthe position of the indicator means responsive to the windage trajectoryand distance compensation adjustments made by the operator.